WEST FLANDERS
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WEST FLANDERS
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WEST FLANDERS
International renowned business clusters

Clusters

Agro-food firms in West Flanders are industry leaders known for the world-class production and processing of meat, fish, vegetables, potatoes and grain. The province is home to Europe’s greatest concentration of frozen food companies.

West Flanders stimulates a unique collaboration between industry, healthcare players, knowledge centres and the public sector to address the health care challenges of West Flanders. This symbiosis results in innovative, customer-centric solutions ideal for export markets in a range of industries, from smart textiles over smart buildings and ICT to nutrition.

Belgium’s blue energy cluster is concentrated in West Flanders, where numerous companies harvest energy generated by the wind of the North Sea. Thanks to this cluster, Belgium is an offshore wind energy pioneer and explores the possibilities of wave and tidal energy.